GREENVILLE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Liberty Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Athene Holding Ltd., has named Ryan Lex vice president and relationship manager for the company’s Midwest region. Lex will operate from Liberty’s sales and marketing office in Wilmington, Del.
Lex is an industry veteran with over ten years’ experience in the annuity and life insurance industry. Before joining Liberty, he was vice president of business development for Genworth Financial, where he was responsible for securing new selling agreements with financial institutions. He managed corporate accounts. Prior to that, Lex spent seven years with The Hartford, where he started as a wholesaler. After leading the country in sales, he was promoted to regional manager and eventually national marketing manager.
“Ryan is a seasoned annuity industry veteran and sales leader, and a natural choice to build and maintain strong, productive relationships with our Midwest distribution partners,” said Rod Mims, Liberty’s national sales manager. “His abilities and experience will be important assets as we continue to build a premier national sales organization.”
Lex is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
About Liberty Life Insurance Company
Headquartered in Greenville, S.C., Liberty Life Insurance Co. provides retirement income solutions that help Americans prepare for the future. For over a century, Liberty Life has earned the trust of its policyholders through financial stability, integrity and service.
About Athene Holding Ltd.
Athene Holding Ltd., a Bermuda-based holding company, and its insurance subsidiaries focus on retail sales of annuities and reinsurance in the U.S. retirement services market, and sales of institutional funding agreements. Athene supports its liabilities by investing in a diversified portfolio of highly-rated, liquid, fixed income securities. Athene’s principal subsidiaries include Athene Life Re Ltd., a Bermuda-based reinsurer focused on the retirement services market; Liberty Life Insurance Company, a South Carolina-domiciled stock life insurance company focused on retail sales and reinsurance in the retirement services market; and Athene Life Insurance Company, an Indiana-domiciled stock life insurance company focused on the institutional funding agreement market. Athene has approximately $500 million of capital and surplus supporting approximately $6 billion in reserves.
Athene’s management team has many years of experience managing net investment spread businesses within life insurance companies. James R. Belardi, the chief executive officer of Athene Holding Ltd., previously served as President of SunAmerica Life Insurance Company and Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of AIG Retirement Services.